‘Early elections can also be called in the country’: Sheikh Rasheed

Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Thursday said that Pakistan might move towards early elections, also adding that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan would defeat the Opposition’s no-confidence motion.

During a press conference, Rasheed told disgruntled members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that “switching parties won’t earn them any good”, saying that “turncoats must also keep in mind that early elections can also be called in the country”.

“I want Pakistan and democracy to progress. The situation in the country is moving towards betterment with every passing day,” said Rasheed.

Rasheed claimed that the country would get “good news” from this point onwards.

“Let me tell you with the responsibility that nobody is going anywhere,” the minister emphasised, saying he met Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar who is firmly standing with Imran Khan.

“He is also not going anywhere,” Rasheed said regarding Buzdar.

Rasheed said that he was not in touch with disgruntled PTI leader Jahangir Khan Tareen — whose group has not made it clear whether they will support the PM or not.

“Jahangir Tareen is a good man, may God bless him with good health,” he said.

Rasheed said PM Khan would hold a “historic” jalsa in Islamabad on March 27.

PM Khan, in a video message today, invited the nation to join him on March 27 to reinstate the government’s stance against the “dacoits” ruling Pakistan for the last 30 years.

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The premier urged the Pakistanis to stand with the right side.